{"id":736475,"date":"2021-09-10T03:50:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T07:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=736475"},"modified":"2021-09-10T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T13:00:49","slug":"a-few-cheers-many-worries-among-us-businesses-facing-covid-19-vaccine-test-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-few-cheers-many-worries-among-us-businesses-facing-covid-19-vaccine-test-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Cheers, Many Worries Among US Businesses Facing COVID-19 Vaccine, Test Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-few-cheers-many-worries-among-us-businesses-facing-covid-19-vaccine-test-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=736475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Big names in Corporate America including Amazon.com Inc cheered U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> as he mandated employees either get vaccinated or be tested regularly, but some mid-sized companies worried that the plan would be tough to carry out and unpopular with a slice of their workers.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Thursday, Biden took aim at vaccine resistance in America, announcing policies requiring most federal employees to get COVID-19 vaccines and large employers to ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly.<\/p>\n<p>The new measures would apply to about two-thirds of all U.S. employees, who work for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-businesses\">businesses<\/a> with more than 100 workers.<\/p>\n<p>Much of Corporate America was silent as it digested the news. A few household names such as Amazon supported Biden, and Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc said they already required vaccines for those entering U.S. offices.<\/p>\n<p>But some mid-sized companies worried about losing employees at a time when they are trying to grow business.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Bullock, chief executive of Power Curbers Companies in Salisbury, North Carolina, said he was still reeling from the implications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have encouraged, cajoled, and educated our staff,\u201d he said, but only 40 percent of his workforce have received the shot. \u201cWe have a segment of our workforce that will not get the vaccine under any circumstance.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3990758\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/09\/10\/joe-biden-1200x800.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3990758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/joe-biden-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"President Biden\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden speaks about combatting the coronavirus pandemic in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on Sept. 9, 2021. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>His 125-employee company builds equipment used to lay curbs and other concrete products. Business is strong, he said, citing four job vacancies on the factory floor. Bullock worries that the Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mandate\">mandate<\/a> could prompt some workers to jump ship and join smaller companies not subject to the rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo some degree, this does take some of the heat off,\u201d he said, when asked whether he could just blame distant politicians for something he was already trying to push. \u201cBut it also introduces some logistical challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bullock wonders how his company will verify the testing, schedule it, and deal with the cost.<\/p>\n<p>Most fence-sitters already have opted to get the vaccine, he said. \u201cBut maybe having that swab shoved up your nostrils (in order to be tested) for several weeks will bring some holdouts over to be vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Manufacturers, the largest such U.S. industry group, said getting eligible Americans vaccinated was an \u2018economic imperative\u2019 and it would work with the administration to make sure a mandate did not disrupt operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that undue compliance costs do not burden manufacturers, large and small alike,\u201d President and CEO Jay Timmons said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Worthington, who owns an athletic club in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with several hundred employees, opposed the mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really puts me in an awkward position,\u201d he said. \u201cI am pro-vaccine, but also pro-people\u2019s rights. It would really depend on what they do if we don\u2019t comply. Are they shutting us down? A financial penalty? A slap on the wrist?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jay Baker, president of Jamestown Plastics in Brocton, New York, offered a succinct assessment. \u201cI think it\u2019s bullshit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a fan of the federal government mandating anything,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is not the bubonic plague. This is not typhoid\u2014and they seem to be treating it like it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3987395\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/09\/08\/Vaccine_Restaurant_20210907-14-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-3987395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vaccine_Restaurant_20210907-14-600x400-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3987395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vaccine_Restaurant_20210907-14-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-vaccine\">Vaccine<\/a> proof requirement note displays at a restaurant store front in New York on Sept. 7, 2021. (Chung I Ho\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>Baker\u2019s company has 150 employees spread between two factories, and he estimated 70 percent to 75 percent of his workers were vaccinated. Many of those unvaccinated workers will finally agree to get the shot, just to avoid the hassle of regular testing, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it wouldn\u2019t surprise me if the others look for an employer who doesn\u2019t have 100 employees\u2014and that\u2019s a huge issue for me, especially in this competitive job market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>By Timothy Aeppel and Jarrett Renshaw<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/default-user.png\" alt=\"Reuters\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big names in Corporate America including Amazon.com Inc cheered U.S. President Joe Biden as he mandated employees either get vaccinated or be tested regularly, but some mid-sized companies worried that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-736475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}